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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Lmp2 - What They Never Told You

Every Hypercar and GTP driver racing in Le Mans 24 Hours’ LMP2 class

More cars, more top-level drivers: LMP2 is back in the spotlight ahead of this year’s Le Mans

Motorsport

Le Mans 24 Hours 2026 entry list revealed with Hypercar field shrinking to 18 cars

Genesis joins the top class as Porsche and Action Express Racing drop off the 2026 grid

Autosport

Hypercar field shrinks to 18 cars as 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list is revealed

Genesis joins the top class as Porsche and Action Express Racing drop off the 2026 grid

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Ben Keating won’t pull double duty in 2026 Daytona 24 Hours

Keating won’t be racing a GT car at Daytona next year, as he switches his attention to a single LMP2 effort

Motorsport

Garage 59 takes over from United Autosports as McLaren WEC partner from 2026

Garage 59 will replace United Autosports in preparation for McLaren's Hypercar project, which will debut in 2027

Motorsport

United Autosports to be replaced as McLaren LMGT3 WEC representative ahead of Hypercar move

McLaren will join the Hypercar class for the 2027 World Endurance Championship campaign

Autosport

Phil Hanson: The making of Britain's latest Le Mans winner

Phil Hanson, Le Mans winner.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Robert Kubica wins with Ferrari as Porsche spoils 1-2-3

Ferrari has won the 93rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours with its satellite #83 entry, driven by Phil Hanson, Robert Kubica and Yifei Ye.

Motorsport

Andre Lotterer “overdrove the car” while adapting to LMP2 at Le Mans

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer revealed some of the challenges he faced getting up to speed with LMP2 machinery as he makes his class debut.

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How Lotterer has found it challenging adapting to LMP2

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer has revealed some of the challenges he has faced getting up to speed with LMP2 machinery as he makes his class debut.

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The former F1 drivers contesting the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours

The line-up of drivers taking part in the Le Mans 24 Hours has always highlighted the link between Formula 1 and endurance racing.

Autosport

Here are all the former F1 drivers on the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours Hypercar grid

Discover the 17 former Formula 1 drivers

Motorsport

$Tower stripped of Daytona LMP2 win after technical infraction$

Tower stripped of Daytona LMP2 win after technical infraction

Tower Motorsport has lost its LMP2 victory in the Daytona 24 Hours over a technical infraction, with United Autosports inheriting the top spot.

Motorsport

Abiteboul: Sargeant deserves chance to start over with Genesis WEC project

Logan Sargeant is being “given a platform” to progress to Genesis’s new-for-2026 World Endurance Championship squad with his LMP2 programme in next year’s European Le Mans Series.

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Sargeant to contest 2025 ELMS campaign in first move after Williams F1 exit

Former Williams Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant has agreed to drive in the 2025 European Le Mans Series, joining Jamie Chadwick at the new LMP2 entry run by Genesis and IDEC Sport.

Autosport

Friday favourite: The relief driver who became a long-term collaborator

Jonny Kane could never have imagined that biofuel testing for the short-lived A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport might provide the origins of his favourite team-mate partnership. But a fruitful collaboration with Danny Watts that is best remembered for a famous Le Mans 24 Hours class victory with their…

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ELMS titles sealed at Portimao, 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours invitations awarded

Lorenzo Fluxa, Ritomo Miyata and Malthe Jakobsen stood tall in the 4 Hours of Portimao, the European Le Mans Series season finale. In a grandstand conclusion to a tightly contested season, two of the championship battles were decided on the very last lap of the race.

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IMSA Mosport: Dillmann/Boulle score overall win, Corvette dominates GTD

Tom Dillmann and Nick Boulle won the LMP2-led round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, as Corvette scored a 1-2 in GTD.

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IMSA Mosport: AO Racing's Hyett takes pole, Corvette tops GTD

PJ Hyett took pole position for the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the LMP2-led round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Motorsport

IMSA CTMP: AO Racing's Hyett takes pole, Corvette tops GTD

PJ Hyett took pole position for the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the LMP2-led round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Motorsport

IMSA CTMP: Fraga fastest in FP2 from van der Zande, Lexus tops GTD

Brazil’s Filipe Fraga set the pace in second practice for the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the LMP2-led round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Autosport

How AF Corse sacrificed potential LMP2 Le Mans victory to ensure Pro-Am spoils

Throughout the build-up to the Le Mans 24 Hours there was discussion about whether a Pro-Am LMP2 entry could win the class outright - and AF Corse nearly managed just that.

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Jarvis: Le Mans 2024 LMP2 win the "hardest race I've ever done"

The United Autosports driver added a second LMP2 triumph at Le Mans, having previously been victorious in 2017, in the ORECA-Gibson 07 he shared with race rookies, IndyCar driver Nolan Siegel and IMSA SportsCar Championship competitor Bijoy Garg.

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Jarvis: Le Mans 2024 class win the "hardest race I've ever done"

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LMP2 "as competitive as it's ever been" at Le Mans despite WEC demotion

The category is making its return to the WEC this week at Le Mans with a 16-strong entry, down from 24 cars in last year’s race, having been axed from the series' other rounds amid strong interest in the Hypercar and new LMGT3 divisions.

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